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Obama Health Lie Freaks Dems

Many of the president's supporters are in barely concealed panic over the
fact that he didn't tell the truth when he was selling the Affordable Care
Act.

In an oft-repeated vow, he told the country that "if you like your health
care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one
will take it away, no matter what."

This was, by any common-sense measure, a lie. It was a lie because
President Obama understood that one of the central aims of the Affordable
Care Act was to squeeze out the individual insurance market (and the small
business market), forcing those Americans on to the HealthCare.gov
exchanges. You can't force people out of one insurance product and into
another while simultaneously letting them keep their plan. That'd be like
a car salesman promising a great price on a new vehicle if you trade in
your old one, while still promising you can keep your old car.

This simple fact of logic is causing many liberals to flee for what they
believe are rhetorical safe harbors.

The first refuge is that he was simply being "unclear." The "White House
could have been clearer in laying the groundwork for this political
argument," writes The Washington Post's Greg Sargent. House Minority Whip
Steny Hoyer, D-Md., says, "I think we should have been more precise." The
New York Times' Editorial Board says, "Obama clearly misspoke when he said
that."

In most dictionaries, misspeaking is defined as a slip of the tongue. Is
it really misspeaking when the president repeats a poll-tested pledge
dozens of times, often reading from prepared remarks on his teleprompter,
straight into the camera? Is it really a slip of the tongue when the White
House puts out videos and talking points centered on this false claim?

Obama wasn't telling the truth unclearly; he was telling a falsehood very
clearly. When he said "no matter what," it even left the impression that,
if in some unforeseen way the law did cause people to lose their plan, he
would remedy the situation. (If that were so, the White House would
support congressional efforts to let people keep their plans.) The
"period" in "you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period" means
no ifs ands or buts. Now we are getting a barrage of "buts."

On Monday night the president grasped for a rhetorical do-over. "Now, if
you had one of these plans before the Affordable Care Act came into law
and you really liked that plan, what we said was you can keep it if it
hasn't changed since the law passed." Except for the fact that's entirely
untrue, it's pretty persuasive.

Many of the president's supporters are in barely concealed panic over the
fact that he didn't tell the truth when he was selling the Affordable Care
Act.

In an oft-repeated vow, he told the country that "if you like your health
care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one
will take it away, no matter what."

This was, by any common-sense measure, a lie. It was a lie because
President Obama understood that one of the central aims of the Affordable
Care Act was to squeeze out the individual insurance market (and the small
business market), forcing those Americans on to the HealthCare.gov
exchanges. You can't force people out of one insurance product and into
another while simultaneously letting them keep their plan. That'd be like
a car salesman promising a great price on a new vehicle if you trade in
your old one, while still promising you can keep your old car.

This simple fact of logic is causing many liberals to flee for what they
believe are rhetorical safe harbors.

The first refuge is that he was simply being "unclear." The "White House
could have been clearer in laying the groundwork for this political
argument," writes The Washington Post's Greg Sargent. House Minority Whip
Steny Hoyer, D-Md., says, "I think we should have been more precise." The
New York Times' Editorial Board says, "Obama clearly misspoke when he said
that."

In most dictionaries, misspeaking is defined as a slip of the tongue. Is
it really misspeaking when the president repeats a poll-tested pledge
dozens of times, often reading from prepared remarks on his teleprompter,
straight into the camera? Is it really a slip of the tongue when the White
House puts out videos and talking points centered on this false claim?

Obama wasn't telling the truth unclearly; he was telling a falsehood very
clearly. When he said "no matter what," it even left the impression that,
if in some unforeseen way the law did cause people to lose their plan, he
would remedy the situation. (If that were so, the White House would
support congressional efforts to let people keep their plans.) The
"period" in "you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period" means
no ifs ands or buts. Now we are getting a barrage of "buts."

On Monday night the president grasped for a rhetorical do-over. "Now, if
you had one of these plans before the Affordable Care Act came into law
and you really liked that plan, what we said was you can keep it if it
hasn't changed since the law passed." Except for the fact that's entirely
untrue, it's pretty persuasive.

I knew he was a liar when he was running the first time....now people are finally waking up to the fact and if he does not become our first dictator and someone else actually gets in office I think America is beyond fixing. Other countries are laughing at us...He's a joke.....I am ashamed to be American for the first time in my life.

You're right. Obama should have let uneducated people keep their substandard health plans so that I can pay higher and higher prices as they flood the ER when they realize their plan that they love doesn't even cover the basics. Most of the people who have been quoted as complaining about the rise in their healthcare costs had no clue what their plan covered.

Seriously a person made you be ashamed of being a American. That is dumb regardless of who the heck is president is I will never be ashamed to be a American. America isn't the person in office its the people who live here. The people who fought and fight for their country. Yeah we have screwed issues but ashamed seriously. Btw other countries laugh at us regardless but their people come here for school and opportunities .

Quoting sclowry:

I knew he was a liar when he was running the first time....now people are finally waking up to the fact and if he does not become our first dictator and someone else actually gets in office I think America is beyond fixing. Other countries are laughing at us...He's a joke.....I am ashamed to be American for the first time in my life.

I knew he was a liar when he was running the first time....now people are finally waking up to the fact and if he does not become our first dictator and someone else actually gets in office I think America is beyond fixing. Other countries are laughing at us...He's a joke.....I am ashamed to be American for the first time in my life.

Seriously a person made you be ashamed of being a American. That is dumb regardless of who the heck is president is I will never be ashamed to be a American. America isn't the person in office its the people who live here. The people who fought and fight for their country. Yeah we have screwed issues but ashamed seriously. Btw other countries laugh at us regardless but their people come here for school and opportunities .

Quoting sclowry:

I knew he was a liar when he was running the first time....now people are finally waking up to the fact and if he does not become our first dictator and someone else actually gets in office I think America is beyond fixing. Other countries are laughing at us...He's a joke.....I am ashamed to be American for the first time in my life.

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